Serpentes

See also: serpentes and serpentés

Translingual

Etymology

From the plural of Latin serpens (“snake”).

Proper noun

Serpentes

1. The snakes
   1. A taxonomic suborder within the order Squamata.
   2. A taxonomic order within the class Reptilia.

Hypernyms

• (order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Reptilia – class; Diapsida - subclass; Lepidosauromorpha - infraclass; Lepidosauria - superorder; Squamata - order

Hyponyms

• (suborder): Booidea, Colubroidea, Typhlopoidea
• (order): Booidea, Elapoidea, Colubroidea, Viperoidea - superfamilies

References

• Serpentes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Serpentes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Serpentes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Serpentes at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Serpentes at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Serpentes at World Register of Marine Species